b/c they shut Buchholz down for the season b/c he'd reached his IP limit that was set at the beginning of the year
I give Theo credit. He watched his young stud throw a no-no, and then stuck to his guns and said "no mas". Anyone else would have been tempted to add him to the playoff roster and attempt to ride the hot hand. Theo basically said "you're done for the year kid, see you in ST".
plus, would you have counted on your young, unproven stud in a 3-4 man rotation in the postseason? That's not recipe for success, IMO.
You mean the lesser pitchers to whom they gave playoff starts?
The playoff rotation was Beckett, Schilling, Matsuzaka and Wakefield, with Lester as the #5 option (one they used when Wakefield got injured). At no juncture was Buchholz ever in the team's playoff plans. He was a prospect pitcher on a team with a fixed rotation.
Now, if the Red Sox had the need (they didn't) and thought Buchholz was ready to fill that need (they didn't), then you might have something to point to instead of the cup of coffee you're trying to pretend is a Starbuck's franchise.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Then I suggest you go back and read again.
My point is it doesn't matter more than the weight of a fart where in the rotation he is because there is no slot in which he'll have his innings limited. Limiting his innings went out the door the second he made the rotation.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Myth.
The only reason he came up at the end of the year was for an emergency start. He had 2 more starts, and a relief appearance after that emergency start on 8/17/07. Buchholz was sent down before the end of the season.
Remove his no-no, and he wasn't lights out, and most certainly wouldn't have been kept up to stay on the playoff roster.
Regardless of IP limit, Buchholz was only in the Red Sox playoff if injury required him to stay on the roster. Teammates healed, he hit his IP limit, he was sent back down. But again, had there been no IP limit, he honestly wouldn't have stayed up.
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